prolix
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The world premiere, “Have We Met?!,” choreographed by Juliano Nunes, is a 33-minute, two-part, prolix affair for two featured couples.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
She added, in a prolix sentence that nonetheless makes its point, “Or is it actually that the sense of achievement his work self-consciously carries with it itself carries less credibility than it used to?”
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022
He wasn’t a particularly gifted or prolix orator.
From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022
A certain type of actor thrives in these prolix circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2021
He expands the same image, and loses all likeness in a prolix simile, for his readers were not so impatient as ourselves.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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The Scarlet Letter
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